Table of Contents

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List of Figures

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List of Tables

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Abstract

1

1

Objective and Scope

2

1.1

Background

2

1.2

Objectives

3

2.

Technical Progress

5

2.1

Summary of Results

5

2.2

_S-Fe₂N Decomposition

6

2.3

Steady State Fischer-Tropsch Reaction over Iron Nitrides

10

2.4

Kinetic Behavior at 458 K

15

2.5

Phase Behavior at 458 K

19

2.5.1

a-Fe

20

2.5.2

_u’-Fe₄N

24

2.5.3

e-Fe_XN

27

2.5.4

S-Fe₂N

30

3.

Future Research

32

4.

References

32